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Overseas Indians
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Overseas Indians' faith grows in Indian economy with $1 billion deposits in...

New Delhi, June 22: Showing their confidence in the resilient Indian economy despite global macroeconomic conditions, non-resident Indians (NRIs) deposited around $1 billion in the country in April alone. Last year, overseas Indians deposited $150 million in the same month, showing their growing...
WhatsApp soon lets you dial numbers to place calls directly from app
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WhatsApp soon lets you dial numbers to place calls directly from app

New Delhi, June 22: Meta owned WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new in app dialer feature that will allow users to make calls directly from the app. According to WABetaInfo, users will not need to add contacts to their address book to make calls from the app. Users will find a new floating action...
Indian startup develops AI-enabled yoga mat for personalised coaching
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Indian startup develops AI-enabled yoga mat for personalised coaching

New Delhi, June 22: A startup incubated at IIT Mandi has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled Yoga mat, which was presented to Union Ministers here. The mat called ‘YogiFy’ was handed over to External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar; Railways, I&B and IT Minister Ashwini...
MeitY kicks off IndiaAI Mission, invites institutes to nominate students for fellowships
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MeitY kicks off IndiaAI Mission, invites institutes to nominate students for...

New Delhi, June 22: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has launched the IndiaAI Mission with a budget of Rs 10,372 crore and started inviting nominations from top institutes, such as IITs, NITs etc, for students who are undertaking projects in artificial intelligence (AI),...
How Vadhavan port will put India on global map, generate lakhs of jobs
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How Vadhavan port will put India on global map, generate lakhs of jobs

Mumbai, June 22: The proposed mega Vadhavan port in the Palghar district of Maharashtra, worth Rs 76, 220 crore, would not only boost sea-based trade but also herald a new wave of industrial development towards the country becoming the world’s third-largest economy by 2027 with a GDP of $5 trillion...
US bans Russian company Kaspersky
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US bans Russian company Kaspersky's software over security concerns

Washington, June 21:The US will ban the sale of antivirus software made by Moscow-based cybersecurity company Kaspersky. The company's operations in the US presented a national security risk "due to the Russian government's offensive cyber capabilities and capacity to influence or direct Kaspersky's...
EV startups from India, EU pitch innovative tech in battery recycling
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EV startups from India, EU pitch innovative tech in battery recycling

New Delhi, June 21: In a bid to enhance the Electric Vehicle (EV) landscape and ecosystems in India and Europe, the India-European Union Trade and Technology Council (TTC) organised an event, featuring 12 high impact startups in battery recycling technologies for EVs. An independent committee of...
Indian CEOs prioritise tech investments, including towards AI: report
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Indian CEOs prioritise tech investments, including towards AI: report

New Delhi, June 21: Indian CEOs are prioritising technology investment, including artificial intelligence (AI) but stay guarded amid data security challenges, according to a report. Around 70 per cent of CEOs are channeling investments into technology, including AI, to catalyse growth and enhance...
Space startups up 200X in just 2 years, India
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Space startups up 200X in just 2 years, India's share in global space to rise 4X...

New Delhi, June 21: There has been a massive 200 times increase in the number of space startups in the last two years owing to the major policy decision taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to open up the space sector, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology and...
Blinkit
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Blinkit's rival Zepto raises $665 mn at a $3.6 bn valuation, to go public soon

Mumbai, June 21: Quick delivery platform and Blinkit’s rival Zepto on Friday said it had raised $665 million at a $3.6 billion valuation in a highly over subscribed round just nine months after the company raised $235 million at a $1.4 billion valuation. Avenir, Light speed and Avra (Anu Hariharan’s...
Former OpenAI Co-founder Ilya Sutskever launches new AI company
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Former OpenAI Co-founder Ilya Sutskever launches new AI company

San Francisco, June 20: Ilya Sutskever, one of the co-founders of AI company OpenAI, has launched a new firm called Safe Superintelligence Inc (SSI), just a month after leaving the ChatGPT maker. Sutskever, along with Jan Leike, who co-led OpenAI’s 'Super Alignment' team, left the Sam Altman-run...
Samsung unveils industry’s first AI hybrid fridge using ‘Peltier’ modules
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Samsung unveils industry’s first AI hybrid fridge using ‘Peltier’ modules

Seoul, June 20: Samsung Electronics on Thursday unveiled the industry's first hybrid refrigerator using semiconductor elements and artificial intelligence (AI) to improve energy efficiency and performance. The new Bespoke AI Hybrid Refrigerator adopts a hybrid cooling method that combines Peltier...
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